The B&F Fk131 Bücker Jungmann ()Commonly translated as young man, but often used to refer to a freshman, or a member of an organization in their first year, per Sarjeant, 1971, p.253. is a German ultralight and homebuilt aircraft with the project design headed by B&F Technik Vertriebs GmbH of Speyer and the aircraft produced by Podesva Air of the Czech Republic, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2013. The aircraft was built in a production run of ten aircraft and supplied complete and ready-to-fly. By 2017 it was no longer advertised for sale.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 51. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
The aircraft is a replica of the 1934 Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann.
Design and development The project to produce a batch of Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann replicas was headed by B&F's Peter Funk. Production commenced in 2013 with an initial batch of ten aircraft. The aircraft were to be eligible for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules at a gross weight of and experimental aircraft rules at a gross weight of .
The design features a wire and strut-braced biplane layout, a two-seats in tandem open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft duplicates the original 1934 Bü 131's construction. Its span wing is supported by cabane struts and a single set of parallel interplane struts outboard on the wings, with wire bracing. The standard engine used is the Walter Micron IIIC four-stroke, inverted four cylinder, air-cooled powerplant.
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